Spanish police said on Wednesday that they revealed the illegal shooting of underground, which are suspected of running the arms smuggling ring that provided offensive guns and other weapons to drug gangs.
The officers raided a house in the southern province of Granada and found the location that was located three underground stories. Police said in a statement.
The authorities said that the neighbors were unable to hear the weapons that explode due to the depth of the range.
Police said it was the first time that they have found “an illegal shooting scope managed by a criminal group” in Spain.
The authorities believe that the site has been used to test the weapons provided by the group to drug trafficking, which they then used to defend themselves or attack the competing gangs.
The police released a video From the operation, officers who slowly descend on narrow stairs appear in a cave -like structure as well as the authorities that collect evidence.
“The process removed the weapons from the streets that could have been used to commit very serious crimes,” the statement said.
The police said that the group offered offensive rifles, machine guns and automatic pistols, as well as ammunition, bulletproof jackets and other tactical equipment.
The officers arrested three people and seized many weapons and more than 60,000 euros ($ 68,000) in cash.
The police said that most of the weapons were found in an open field, “packed to keep them and ready to be used.” Investigators said they were already targeting the place of hiding “because of strong evidence that firearms are being tested there.”
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The police said the additional detention was possible.
Also on Wednesday, in a separate operation, the police in Spain arrested more than twenty members of the suspected gangs to grow marijuana. The arrests were made after the officers found videos on social media that show the suspects “weapons bombing and boasting about the level of their livelihood” Statement of the Ministry of Interior.
Spain is a major gateway to Europe for drug trafficking networks because of its relations with previous colonies in Latin America and its proximity to Morocco, and it is the producer of the higher hemp.
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